Traffic authority approves event closures, drainage work and signal changes; unanimous votes

The Norwalk City Traffic Authority voted unanimously on Feb. 24 to approve staggered road closures for two public events, multiple drainage and utility-related closures and improvements, a request to change a school-zone speed limit, and a traffic-signal plan for the Grumman/Newtown intersection.

The votes came after public-works staff and outside contractors walked the panel through traffic control and mitigation plans for each item. The authority approved: full closure for the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade; partial closures for the annual O’Neil’s 5K; temporary night and daytime closures on Fort Point Street for an Eversource Energy structure install; daytime and nighttime MPT (maintenance and protection of traffic) changes for a state drainage project on West Avenue; a daytime full closure on Flax Hill at Washington for a WPCA drainage tie-in; a phased closure for a drainage rehabilitation on Flax Hill Road between Scribner Avenue and Arbor Drive; an OSTA letter requesting a school-zone speed-limit change at Phillips Street/Kendall Elementary; and concurrence to seek state…